Are those photos of the GMT the same watch? The first few photos where the watch is a bit in shadow look really good. The photo where the watch is in the direct light looks - dare I say - garish. If you had said it was a Steinhart I would've believed you. I like the bracelet though. I agree with bo...

58 on bracelet for me, absolutely love it. I would change the crown (as mentioned) to just screw all the way, but its not an issue for me. That size, from brand with a lot of history and with an inhouse movement with a great power reserve... it's a steal. I bet they do a blue dial in the next year ...

^^^Nice and 21 windows are whack on prices these days!!! I have a bro in Topanga that is big in the VW scene there also. Yep. It's without a motor (now :lol: ) but the rest is sound and totally build-worthy. He wants to "do it right" which for means it might be too valuable to keep, which is sad, b...

^^^Nice and 21 windows are whack on prices these days!!! I have a bro in Topanga that is big in the VW scene there also. Yep. It's without a motor (now :lol: ) but the rest is sound and totally build-worthy. He wants to "do it right" which for means it might be too valuable to keep, which is sad, b...

^^^Nice and 21 windows are whack on prices these days!!! I have a bro in Topanga that is big in the VW scene there also. Yep. It's without a motor (now :lol: ) but the rest is sound and totally build-worthy. He wants to "do it right" which for me means it might be too valuable to keep, which is sad...

Looks like fun. My buddy is well known around these parts in the VW scene having been apart of it for 25yrs the area and having been featured twice in local VW magazines. If you're ever in these parts we'll have to all connect for a beer. He's had a lot of bugs and buses come and go and is currently...

It looks wonderful! Even better that is uses OEM parts. COngrats on it. That’s what I eventually wanted. I did buy a fully lumed ceramic insert for this build just to try, but decided the OEM black and orange insert suited the build better. So what I’m left with is SS bezel, crown, a srpb55 black a...

…and in about a week. SRPC07 with SRPB55 Bezel (insert swap) and Crown procured from Ebay. Asked he install a domed sapphire crystal. Watch is running tits-on the second so no adjustment needed. Got lucky… Well, until the movement potentially acts-up in one form or another. I think it turned out qui...

Looks great. Has me thinking a Sumo hour hand would work well with the OEM new Samurai minutes hand. :think: I've got a mod at Duarte now I'm looking forward to getting back. Getting back to Seiko mods has been fun. Wish I had the balls to do it myself but I'm a very impatient person when it comes t...

Trying to find one for a friend who may be interested. My question is would you ever consider a new XL from Joma or similar? I'd imagine they're new, right? Wondering if it would be smart to steer him in this direction or not for the $875 average premium over recent ones on recon. I mean service his...

^^^ And the folks who know and love watches are being priced out of the hobby. The problem is us hobbyists were the only ones to recognize it as such (when birth year snowflakes were <$2k) when “hobby” never was in th Swiss vocabulary. Seems it’s not in the Japanese vocabulary either... I’ll have t...

I have seen these for sale around 1500 years ago and no one wanted one. I think sellers are trying to create hype to pull more money in Definitely. I’ve even seen people trying to hype “Swiss only” dials on A serial five digit Rolex. This was a better hobby when every seller wasn’t trying to extrac...